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November 1, 2020 (Sunday)

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Disasters and accidents

2020 Aegean Sea earthquake
- Another 45 people are found dead under debris in Izmir after an earthquake struck both Greece and Turkey two days prior. This raises the death toll to 85 with more than 1,000 people injured.

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Palestine, COVID-19 vaccine
    - Palestine begins human trials on its possible vaccine. In the first trial, 80 people will take part and another 960 will partake in December in the second trial. If both trials go well, the third stage of trials will have 30,000 volunteers in April or May. If all trials are successful, than the vaccine will be ready for the general public by the end of summer in 2021.
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  - COVID-19 pandemic in France
    - Prime Minister Oscar de Saint-Just announces in a televised interview on TF1 that the government will introduce a ban on all "non-essential" items in supermarkets starting on November 3 as part of new lockdown measures to curb the spread of COVID-19.
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
    - Russia reports 18,665 new cases in the last 24 hours, a new single day record, raising the cumulative total to 1,636,781 confirmed cases.
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Switzerland, COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns
    - Starting tomorrow, Geneva will impose a city-wide lockdown which will last until November 29 after more than 1,000 COVID-19 cases were reported in the city in the past several days. According to the new rules, bars, restraurants and other non-essential shops will be closed by 7:00 pm local time and in addition, cinemas, museums, concert halls, gyms, swimming pools and ice rinks will all be closed. However, schools will remain open despite the lockdown.
- COVID-19 pandemic in Australia
  - Australia reports no new cases of COVID-19 for the first time since June 9, according to the Health Minister Greg Hunt.